Stage!

Inside a sealed office, three figures stood facing one another: Lu Bing, Kong Yang, and Chi Wen.

"This is the information Lin Qianyi submitted—the distribution of that 'hidden force' across Yougu Seat."

A strand of icy-blue hair rose from behind Lu Bing's head, Data Stream extending along its tip to project a Star Chart covered in red Nets within the dark room.

"Heh, even at a time like this, he's still hiding things away, unwilling to point the spearhead directly at the You Family?"

Kong Yang gently shook his head and paced over to the Star Chart. Studying the glowing red markers one by one, he said with a half-smile:

"It spans the entire Supergalactic Cluster. It truly is a shocking sight!

But this Net did not exist out of thin air, and our Council Chair Lin deliberately covered up what lay beneath it."

As he spoke, he held his wrist Communicator out before Lu Bing.

"Vice Commander Lu, this contains information the You Family has gathered over the past three hundred million years!"

Lu Bing gave a slight nod. Another strand of hair curled out and touched the Communicator.

Data flowed through her eyes. At the same time, blue veins rapidly sprouted beneath the Star Chart's red Net, swelling wildly...

Before long, the Net ruptured and transformed into red vines, clinging to a trunk formed from converging blue veins.

Kong Yang lightly shook his folding fan, looked toward the shining display, and nodded.

"Now, this is finally complete..."

"Wait!" Chi Wen's eyes widened. Shaking his own fan, he stepped forward and said:

"What do you mean? You knew Song Zhi came to see me, yet you didn't even ask? Are you looking down on me?"

"Uh..."

Kong Yang's folding fan paused in his hand. He silently put it away,